Gauging device



Patented a... 29, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD E. 0BR, OF WEYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CORPORATION, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY,

A. CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

GAUGING DEVICE.

Application filed November 5, 1917. Serial No. 200,298.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD E. ORR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Weymouth, in the county of Norfolk and State of lllassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gauging Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to gauging devices, and is described as embodied in the edge age mechanism of a stock-fitting machine. or purposes of explanation the invention is illustrated as embodied in the well known Goodyear insole and turn channeling machine described in the United States atents to Zachary T. French No. 453,999, une 9, 1891, and Frank E. ldeckman, No. 550,402,

November 26, 1895, and No. 644,571, March 6, 1900; although those skilled in the art will recognize that the invention may be embodied with slight mechanical changes in other types of machines.

In making shoes for wearers having flat feet it is common to rovide an insole having a shank portion wider than the forepart, which may be termed wing-shaped, the channeling cuts, however, following, as usual, the outline of the last bottom and, at the shank of the insole, cutting through the base of the two wings well within the margin of the insole. The two wings are turned against the sides of the last, when the shoe is assembled, and, after lasting, are held in such upturned position where they act as arch supports for the foot of the wearer.

While the ed e gages of stock-fitting machines such as c hanneling machines are usually adjustable to produce a varying width of feather, usually from 2/16" at the outside ball, to 3/16 at the toe and inside ball, and 4/16" at the shank, it is obvious that such adjustments cannot be used to care for the wide protuberance of an arch supporting insole which may be 1 1/2" or more at its widest point on the shank at the inside of the insole. Nor is it practical, due to the construction of many of these machines, to withdraw the edge gage a suflicient distance to entirely clear the edge of the insole when operating through the wings.

The object of the present invention is to provide improved edge gage operatin means in machines of this general type, sai means being particularly adapted to enable the operator of the machine easily to care for these wide variations, as for example in channeling arch support insoles. In accordance with this object a feature of the invention contemplates the provision of edge age operating means which will enable t e edge gage to be moved to a position where it will not engage the work, as by being dropped below the laterally projecting wings of an arch support insole when channeling the shank, but to be used in the ordinary manner when desired.

o the accomplishment of this object the invention comprises the features and combinations of parts hereinafter described and then particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the best form of the invention'at present known, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a commercial Goodyear insole and turn channeling machine fitted for insole work and having the present improvements applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a detail of the edge gage construction, in elevation, showing it in inactive position, below an arch supporting wing of an insole being operated upon; Fig. 3 is a rear end view of the ed e age; and Fig. 4 is a face view of a channe e arch support insole.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawings the machine frame 5, channel and edge knives 7 and 9 with their presser ages 11 and 13, the feed wheel 15, the inso e supporting table 17, and their operating mechanism, including the crank handle 18, are all shown as being the same as in the present Goodyear insole and turn channeling machine when fitted for insole work, except that the edge knife is shaped to have a heel as shown in Fig. 2, instead of having the usual straight blade, to enable it to cut into the surface of the sole across the bases of the two laterally projecting wings.

As in said old machine the distanceof the base of the li cut, produced by the knife 9, from the e go of the sole is determined by the (position of an edge gage mounted on an e ge gage support comprising a slide 19 secured to the frame by the screw 20.,

p'essed through the slot 22, which slide may adjusted to move the edge gage across the line of feed into certain predetermined positions. In the resent construction the edge gage 21 instea of being an integral part of the edge ga slide is located at the forward end of t e slide and is carried on a separate shank 23 housed in a groove 25 formed in the under side of the slide. A pivot pin 27 holds the shank 23 in place and a sprin 29 housed in the slide 19 and bearing on 510 shank 23 at the rear of the pivot 27 normally maintains the ga e elevated sufficiently to project over t e top surface of the sole supporting table 17, as shown in Fig. 1. The bottom of the groove 25 acts as a stop to limit the upward movement of the gage under the influence of the spring 29. The usual bell-crank operating lever 31 pivoted on the frame 5 and connected to the slide 19 is actuated by a treadle (not shown) on a treadle rod 33. The treadle is normally maintained raised, with the gage 21 in its position of farthest advance toward the knives, by a spring 35 coiled on the treadle rod and confined between a collar on the rod and a flange on the frame.

The customary limiting stops are provided for the various positions of the edge gage in channelingthe usual type of welt insole. The forward position 2/16" feather, may be determined by an en agement of a lug 37 (Fig. 3), which pro ects inwardly from the rear end of the slide, with the for ward one of a pair of nuts 39 and 41 secured on a threaded pin 43 projecting from the frame. at the rear of the slide. The rear position, 4/16" feather, may be determined by an engagement of the lug 37 with the rear nut 41. A separate treadle mechanism and stop is utilized to determine the intermediate position, 3/ 16" feather, of the edge gage. To this end a lever 45 (Fig. 1) is pivoted on the connection of the treadle rod 33 with the bell-crank lever 31. One end of said lever underlies the horizontal bell-crank arm and the other end has depending therefrom a treadle rod 47 to which is attached a second treadle (not shown). This is in effect a lengthening of the horizontal arm of the belt-crank lever, effective, however, only on its downward movement since there is no spring on the treadle rod 47. A stop 49 is carried in the frame below the lever 45, which is engaged by said lever, on depressing the treadle rod 47, before the slide 19 is withdrawn far enough to engage the nut 41.

In channeling the arch support t pe of insole shown in Fig. 4, the stop 41 is backed up on the screw 43 sufliciently to permit the edge age 21 to be brought clear of the edge of t e table 17 when the treadle rod 33 is depressed, and this stop is not used to determine any! position of the insole relatively to the knives. This extended movement of the edge gage slide 19 causes the rear end of the shank 23 to engage, and be elevated by, a cam lug 51 located beneath the edge ge shank and carried by a bracket 53 a ustably secured to'the frame 5, as shown in Fig. 1. The engagement just described causes the edge age shank 23 to be tilted about its pivot 2 and consequently the edge gage 21 is depressed to a position below the under face of the insole, as shown in 'Fig. 2.

In channeling the right foot, arch support insole S shown in Fig. 4, the head carrying the knives is lifted by the usual hand lever 55, the treadle rod 33 is depressed bringing the edge gage 21 to the position of Fig. 2 and, after a'sole has been placed on the work table 17 the two knives are dropped into the insole at the point C on the outside of the heel seat. Previous to placin the insole in the machine a standard so e pattern is placed on the sole, and using the edge of the pattern as a rule, lines showing the true outline of the shank are drawn across the bases of the lateral arch supporting wings W. These lines are used as guides in channeling across the wings and, for unskilled operators, a pointer 57 for said guiding line, may be mounted on the ed e knife presser gage 13, the lower end of tl ie pointer lying just in advance of the heel of the edge knife. After channeling through the outside wing VV'the treadle rod 33 is released and .the spring 35 acts to throw the edge gage 21 up and over the table 17 in its farthest advanced position which position is maintained to about the tip line. Then the treadle rod 47 is depressed which brings the edge gage to its intermediate position, which position is maintained until the forward end of the inside wing W is reached, when the treadle rod 33 is again depressed to withdraw the gage below the wing. The guiding line marked on the insole is utilized in channeling across the base of the wing and the knives are run out of the sole as usual at D.

In channeling a left foot arch support insole, the operations are the same except that the knives are dropped in at a point on the inside of the heel seat opposite the point C on Fig. 4, the treadle rod 47 is depressed after channeling the inside wing W and released at about the tip line on the outside of the toe. and the knives are run out of the insole at the outside of the heel seat.

The nature and scope of the invention having been indicated and the best form of the invention at present known having been described, what is claimed as new. is:

1. A sole machine, having, in combination, a work support, a knife, an edge gage adapted to overlie the support to-gage the out made by the knife. and means for withdrawing the gage, at times during the operation of the machine, to a position below the work supporting surface of the table.

2. A sole machine, having, in combination, a work support, a knife, an edge gage adapted to overlie the support to gage the cut made by the knife, means for adjusting the gage across the line of feed during the operation of the machine and means for depressing the gage relatively to the support.

3. A sole machine, having, in combination, a work support, a knife, an edge gage adapted to overlie the support to gage the cut made by the knife, and means for adjusting the gage during the operation of the machine in the plane of the surface of the gupport and in a plane normal to said surace.

4. Edge gage mechanism for stock-fittin machines comprising an ed e gage, an means for imparting to sai gage first a withdrawin movement and then a combined with rawing and depressing movement.

5. Edge gage mechanism for stock-fitting machines comprising an edge gage support, an edge gage vertically movable on said support, and means for simultaneously with drawing the support and depressing the gage.

6. Edge gage mechanism for stock-fitting machines comprising an edge gage, means for adjusting said gage across the line of feed, and means actuated after the start of and controlled by said adjustment for depressin said gage.

7. E ge gage mechanism for sole machines comprising an edge (gage slide, means for reciprocating said sli e, and an edge gage for a sole pivotally mounted on said slide for movement in the plane of said reciprocation transverse to the edge of the sole by the reci rocation of said slide.

8. In a stock-fitting channeling machine, an edge ga e support means for moving the support aterally, an edge gage pivoted on the support for movement in a vertical plane, a spring for normally maintaining the gage in its raised position, and means for compressing said spring to lower the gage.

9. In a stock-fitting machine, an ed gage slide, means for reciprocating Salld slide, an edge gage at the end of said slide having a shank pivotally mounted on said slide, and means cooperating with said shank in one direction of movement of the slide acting to turn the shank about its pivot and depress the gage.

10. In a stock-fitting channeling machine, an edge gage slide having a groove in its under side, an edge gage at the forward end of said slide having a shank housed in said groove and pivotally connected, centrally, to said slide, a. sprin housed in said slide and bearing on sai' shank in position to normally maintain the gage, raised about its pivot, means for moving said slide forwardly and backwardly, and a cam lug adapted to be engaged by the rear end of said shank on the backward movement of the slide to raise said end and lower the age about its pivot.

11. A sole channeling machine having, in combination, a vertically stationary work support, a knife, an edge gage adapted to overlie the support to gage the cut made by the knife, and means having a combined withdrawing and depressing movement to move the gage from the position ovenlymg the support to a position below the work supporting surface of the support.

12. An arch-support insole channeling machine havin in combination, a work support, a kni e, a. gage movable perpendicularly to the plane of work on the support to and from operative position, and a pointer mounted relatively to the knife to assist the o rator to properly feed and guide an arch-support insole past the knife to produce the desired channeling at the shank with relation to the edge of the insole.

13. An arch-support insole channeling machine having, in combination, a work support, a knife, an edge gage for guiding the sole past the knife, means for withdrawing the edge gage from operative position while the knife is passing the shank, and additional means for guidln the sole past the knife during the period w en the edge gage is withdrawn.

14. An arch-support insole channelin machine having, in combination, a wor support, a knife, an edge gage for guiding the sole past the knife, means for withdrawing the edge gage from operative position during the operation of the machine, and a ointer having a fixed relation to the knife y which the sole is guided when the edge gage is withdrawn.

15. A machine for operating on soles having, in combination, a work support, an edge gage support movable toward and from the work support, and a gage for the edge of a sole placed on the support pivotally mounted on the edge gage support for movement from work engaging position to a position beneath the work supporting surface of the work support.

16. An arch support insole channeling machine having, in combination, a work support, a channeling knife, an edge age for guiding the sole past the channeing knife, and means for holding the edge gage in engagement with the sole during the channeling of the forepart of the sole and for movin the edge gage to a position where it will not engage the sole when the shank of the sole is reached to enable the channelin operation to be continued through the shank of the sole.

17. An arch support insole channeling machine having, in combination, a work support, a channeling knife, an ed e gage for guiding the sole past the kni e, and means for holding the edge gage in engagement with the sole during the channeling of the forepart of the sole, and for moving the edge gage below the surface of the work support when the shank of the sole is reached to enable the channeling operation tolbe continued through the shank of the so e.

18. A sole channeling machine having, in combination, a work support, a channeling knife, an edge gage for guiding the sole past the knife, and means for withdrawing the gage at times during the operation of the machine to a position below the surface of the work support.

19. A sole channeling machine having, in combination, a work support, a channeling knife, an edge gage for guiding the sole past the knife, means for withdrawing the gage from the sole, and means operating uring the withdrawing movement to depress the gage.

20. A sole channeling machine havin in combination, a work support, a channe ing knife, a gage engaging the edge of the sole for guiding the sole past the knife while the forepart of the sole is being operated u on, and means for moving the gage out o engagement with the sole during the channeling of the shank portion.

21. A sole channeling machine having, in combination, a work support, a channeling knife, an edge gage for the sole, and means for moving the edge gage in a direction having a component perpendicular to the surface of the work support into and out of position to engage the edge of work on the support.

22. A machine of the class described comprising, in combination, a work support, an edge gage movable to a plurality of workguiding positions and to an ino rative position, and means to predetermlne said positions.

23. A machine of the class described comprising, in combination, a work support, a gage movable relatively to the support to a plurality of work-gui ing positions and to an inoperative position, and adjustable stops arranged to be set to predetermine sai work-guiding positions.

24. A stock channeling machine comprising in combination, a channeling knife, feeding means, and ga ing means including separate work-guiding devices for use respectively in guiding the work to produce a cut parallel to and about its periphery and in guiding the work to produce a cut remote from and at an angle to its periphery.

25. A machine of the class described comprising, in combination, a work support, an edge gage, and means to move the gage from a position overlying the support to engage the edge of a piece of stock thereon to a position below the level of the support where it cannot engage the stock.

26. A machine havlng a horizontal work support, work-feeding means, and an edge gage movable vertically below and above the support during continued operation of said feeding means, to guide the work when above the support and to be inoperative when below.

27. A machine having a horizontal work support, an edge gage depressible out of the plane of work on the support, means to hold the gage depressed, and a spring 1 operative to raise the gage when said means is released.

28. A machine having a horizontal work support, an edge gage depressible out of' the plane of work on the support, and means to lift the gage into operative position, and for selectively shifting the gage to any one of a plurality of horizontallyspaced work-guiding positions.

29. A machine having a work support, a horizontally and vertically movable edge gage, a spring to hold the gage in an upper work-guiding position, stops to predetermine a plurality of horizontall -spaced work-guiding positions, and means or holding the gage depressed in an inoperative position when the work is not to be guided thereby.

30. A machine having a work support and work feeding and treating means, and which has an edge gage, a spring urging the gage into an upper operative position, and means for holding the gage in an inoperative position depressed below the level of work-on the support with the spring compressed.

31. A machine having an edge gage mounted to be positioned selectively in any one of a plurality of horiontally-spaced upper work-guiding position or in a lower inoperative position, and a controlling mem ber constructed and arranged for shifting the gage between its work-guiding positions and alternatively for holding it in its inoperative position.

32. A machine having a horizontal work support, a tool for operating on work on the support, an edge gage shiftable from an operative position in the plane of the work where it causes the tool to operate along a line substantially parallel to the edge of the work to an inoperative position outside of said plane to permit the work to be guided in such a manner as to cause the tool to operate in a line which is not parallel to the edge of the work, and means for predeterits mining a plurality of spaced work-guiding positions for said gage in the plane of the work.

33. An edge guiding device for machines having work-feeding and treating means, said device being shiftable laterally of the line of work treatment and downwardly out of the plane in which the work travels, whereby material may be directed with its edges in parallelism with the line of treatment and also treated inward from its edges along a line not parallel therewith without stopping the operation of said means.

34. In a machine having a work support, an edge-guiding device comprising a gage facilitating treatment of work on the support parallel with the edge of the work, said gage being shiftable laterally of the line of treatment and downwardly below the work support and upwardly into the plane in which the work travels whereby it may be rendered ineffective or effective and in the former case non-obstructive.

35. An attachment for machines having a work-support and work-treating means comprising an edge gage, means supporting the gage above the work-su port but permitting displacement thereoF to an out of the way position below the level of the work means for holding the gage in a plurality 0% positions at different distances laterally of the line of work treatment, and common means through which the previously mentioned means are governed.

36. An attachment for machines having a work-support comprising an edge gage, a carrier on which said gage is shiftably supported, a spring for shifting said edge gage relative to said carrier, :3. device for holding the gage against the action of its spring, and means for holding the carrier in a position with the gage close to the line of operation on the work, said carrier bein movable lat- (lerally to locate the gage farti ier from said 37. An attachment for machines having a work-support comprising a member movably supported adjacent the work-support, means for holding the member in different positions in a predetermined plane, and a guiding element sustained by the member, said element being shiftable transversely of said plane.

38. A guiding device having a gage to direct a piece of work, means for holding the gage in a plurality of positions in the plane of the work, means permitting displacement of the gage below the plane of the work, and common means through which the previously mentioned mean are governed.

EDWARD E. ORR.

1921;, upon the application of Edward E. Orr, of

Certificate of Correction It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1 482,140, granted January 29,

weymouth; Massachusetts, ,for an mqn'ovgncnt m Gaugmg Devices, errors appear in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 3, lines 45, 61, and 75 claims 8, 10 and 1'1, strike out the word channeling and that the said Letters Patent shouici be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oflicc.

Si ed and scaled this 29th day of April, A. 1)., 1524..

am] KARL FENNING,

Acting commissioner of Patents. 

